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Post by 339187 on Feb 28, 2004 13:34:40 GMT
The pitch inspection was at high noon. The Oatcake says dinner-time; the official site says lunchtime. Can someone explain this apparent discrepancy to an ignorant Yank ??? (No need to explain that it was actually Cheshire police who wanted a postponement )
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2004 13:47:41 GMT
;D this is always a popular one. As far as I'm concerned its called dinnertime, had dinner during dinner break at school at that was always 12.30pm. Some people call 'tea' dinner at 6pm, and dinner 'lunch' which throws out supper. The only real structure round my eating these days though is eat when hungry. I don't think they use 'fortnight' in America either do they? Had all sorts of problems trying to explain that to the tour girl at Sea World once
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 28, 2004 13:47:59 GMT
Ah Ha - we venture into the realms of working class v middle class plus the North South Divide!
Upper Middle Class version
Around noon (or soon after) you have lunch
Around 4 pm you have Tea (if you have been out hunting and are cold and hungry)
Around 7 pm or later you have dinner.
Working Class Version
Around noon you have dinner (or possibly lunch if you are upwardly mobile)
Around 5pm you have tea.
These are not cut and dried divisions as the north/south bit comes into it with some working class people in the south adopting the middle class usage.
Yes, before you say it, it IS all bollox this class system - but it is a fact that people above a certain income bracket tend to use the upper middle class wording and those below tend to use the other one. Its not deliberate - it just happens.
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Post by Hooky on Feb 28, 2004 13:48:11 GMT
lunch is had at lunch time dinner is had at dinner time
however dinner can be either the 2nd or 3rd meal of day.
lunch can only ever be the 2nd meal
so you could have
breakfast, lunch & dinner breakfast, lunch & tea breakfast, dinner & tea breakfast, dinner & supper or even breakfast, lunch, dinner & supper
its a north south thing, and the southern ones have got it wrong as usual
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2004 13:52:45 GMT
you've missed out "Elevenses" there...
normal day would be,
Breakfast - 8am Elevenses - 11am Dinner - 12pm Tea - 5pm Supper - 8pm Kebab - 12am
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Post by Hooky on Feb 28, 2004 13:56:05 GMT
no gareth it goes
7am breakfast 11am elevenses 12.30pm lunch 4pm tea 7pm dinner 10pm supper
;D ;D
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Feb 28, 2004 13:58:19 GMT
Blimey, Gareth if that's a typical Stokie day no wonder we have the reputation for carrying a little excess weight! ;D In some parts of East Anglia they call tea (5pm or later) supper. I have a mate in Plymouth who comes originally from Norwich - if he invites me over for supper I am usually too late!
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Post by 339187 on Feb 28, 2004 14:08:12 GMT
;D ;D ;D Ta all; nice to see you lot get all wrapped up in this one Yes Gareth, some of us who are sad enough to know a bit of proper English will use "fortnight"; or at least recognize it when reading it. Likewise some will say "Saturday week" rather than "a week from Saturday". Meals? Breakfast, lunch and dinner in that order. Oh, if your main Sunday meal is at midday you can call that dinner. If you have a simple meal on a weeknight after work you can call that supper. In case anyone cares
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Post by Coll40 on Feb 28, 2004 14:09:27 GMT
I work nights, so Breakfast is around 1 pm, then tea with the family about 5 ish and dinner at 1 am. But weekends are the bog standard breakfast, dinner and tea.
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Post by Pricey on Feb 28, 2004 15:25:54 GMT
Ahhhh, how many people at university have I had to explain this to...I'd say at least 20.
Breakfast Dinner Tea
Elevenses and Supper just complicates things and are known to me as 'food', and being a lazy student I only have to bother with dinner and tea anyway! ;D
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Post by tubes on Feb 28, 2004 15:37:52 GMT
breakfast second breakfast elevenses lunch afternoons tea dinner supper
simple
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Post by 339187 on Feb 28, 2004 16:15:03 GMT
breakfast second breakfast elevenses lunch afternoons tea dinner supper With that many, any wonder why obesity is a problem?
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Post by dexter on Feb 29, 2004 7:43:04 GMT
Surely dinner is the main meal of the day at whatever hour it's taken?
I have my dinner when I get in from work, which is anytime between 5.30 and 8.00. Doesn't seem right to refer to the sandwich I have at 12.30 as dinner.
God, we talk some crap on here don't we? ;D
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